Robust date for the Bronze Age Avellino eruption (Somma-Vesuvius): 3945 ± 10 calBP (1995 ± 10 calBC)

2011/03/07 by Jan Sevink, J. Sevink, Manfred J. van Bergen +6 · 89 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Archaeology #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Bronze Age #Context (archaeology) #Geochemistry #Geography #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Geomorphology #Paleontology #Provenance #Pumice #Tephra #Volcano

paper · doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.02.001

published in Quaternary Science Reviews 30(9-10), 1035-1046 (Elsevier BV)

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Citations

• Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances
• Deposition models for chronological records
• The Pomici di Avellino eruption of Somma–Vesuvius (3.9 ka BP). Part II: sedimentology and physical volcanology of pyroclastic density current deposits
• Bayesian Analysis of Radiocarbon Dates
• IntCal09 and Marine09 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

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• Avellino eruption [wikipedia]